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FORELAND, a headland on the N coast of Devon; in Bristol channel, immediately NE of Countisbury, and 3½ miles WNW of the boundary with Somerset. It has a height of 707 feet. A shoal lies off it, called Foreland Lodge, 2 miles in length, with from 3 to 4½ fathoms water.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
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